Citation

Porter EJ. ANS Adv. Nurs. Sci. 2008; 31(2): 106-118.

Affiliation

Sinclair School of Nursing, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211, USA. PorterEJ@missouri.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/01.ANS.0000319561.84007.f9

PMID

18497587

Abstract

There is little research guiding interventions to help old homebound women prepare to manage an intrusion event. During a phenomenological study of the experience of reaching help quickly, I compared intentions during a possible intrusion event for 9 women subscribing to a personal emergency response system and 5 nonsubscribers. The phenomenon of contemplating what I would do if an intruder got in my home had 4 components. Only 2 personal emergency response system subscribers voiced the definitive intention to use the personal emergency response system. Findings underpin a new empirical perspective of competence grounded in situations relevant to living alone at home rather than specific tasks of daily living.

Language: en